| 100% | BLUECHECK | 9 | Mark obtained by paying for the premium service named in this answer's first word |
| 35% | JOHNGRISHAMNOVEL | 16 | What the first word of each of seven answers in this puzzle is, when preceded by “The” |
| 35% | ACME | 4 | Synonym for the first word in this puzzle's title |
| 33% | YAHOO | 5 | Word coined by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" that's now also the name of a popular email service |
| 32% | LAW | 3 | Betteridge’s ___ of headlines (“Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’ ”) |
| 31% | GOREVIDALNOVELS | 15 | What the first words of eight long answers in this puzzle are |
| 31% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 30% | TEN | 3 | Number of mispelled words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) |
| 30% | ILOG | 4 | Municipality surrounded by the Hilabangan River and named after the Tagalog word for river in the Philippines |
| 30% | ARCHSUPPORT | 11 | Service provided by item named in first words of 17-, 28- and 48-Across? |
| 30% | PHONETIC | 8 | Apt word spelled out by the first letters of eight answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | NOEL | 4 | (2/3) Pere ___ is the name he goes by in France, which is also a word for a carol |
| 30% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 29% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 29% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 29% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 29% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 29% | MBA | 3 | The program for obtaining this degree was first established at Harvard in 1908 |
| 28% | RIDESHARING | 11 | Service offered by 18-Down, and what's happening in the answers to the starred clues |
| 28% | RAE | 3 | First word in the name of the "Black Beatles" hip-hop duo |
| 28% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 28% | THEGREATWAGON | 13 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 28% | THESEVENOXEN | 12 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 28% | AGOUTI | 6 | In the Ivory Coast, the greater cane rat, a farm pest, is known by this name, a name used in South America for another farm pest |
| 28% | FOREFATHER | 10 | Ancestor ... or what the first word of seven answers in this puzzle can have? |
| 28% | ERR | 3 | Put this answer in the space for 4-Across, for example |
| 28% | BRITISHISMS | 11 | Words found in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 28% | HYPERTEXT | 9 | First two letters in HTTP stand for this word |
| 28% | IGOR | 4 | First name in classical accompaniment for the Ballets Russes |
| 28% | NOAH | 4 | Most popular boy's name in 2013, demoting Jacob for the first time since 1999 |